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| Quality of Information |
Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples. |
Information clearly relates to the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples. |
Information clearly relates to the main topic. No details and/or examples are given. |
Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic. |
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| Connection to Book | All connections to the text are clear and well-reasoned. |
Most connections to the text are clear and well-reasoned. |
Some connections to the text are clear and well-reasoned. |
No connections to the text are clear and well-reasoned. |
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| Sources | At least eight sources. Four sources must be print. |
n/a | n/a | Fewer than eight sources, or fewer than four print sources. |
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| Works Cited Page | There are no mistakes in formatting. | There are one or two mistakes in formatting. | There are three or four mistakes in formatting. | There are five or more mistakes in formatting. | |
| In-text Citations | There are no mistakes in formatting. | There are one or two mistakes in formatting. | There are three or four mistakes in formatting. | There are five or more mistakes in formatting. | |
| Sentence Types | There is one example of each of the four types of sentences in the paper. |
n/a | n/a | There is not one example of each of the four types of sentences in the paper. |
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| Spelling and Grammar | There are no errors that affect the readability of the paper. |
One to two errors that affect the readability of the paper. |
Three or four errors that affect the readability of the paper. |
Five or more errors that affect the readability of the paper. |